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Sometimes the opening sentence of a novel comes down on you like the safety bar on a roller coaster. That first line locks you in; you tingle with excitement, anticipating the ride that is to come. Here are ten of the most engaging lines that begin works of fiction, some classics, some new, some you may never have heard of, but all captivating:

1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. —Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

2. Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. —Leo Tolstoy,Anna Karenina

3. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. —George Orwell, 1984